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03/28/2021
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Lavender and subtle? Yes, that works!
It seems to be the lavender, which is perfectly mixed with other spices here. Lavender can be soooo dominant, but here he is taken heartily by the hand of his companions and gets a good-natured gag, so that he can not roar to the fore...
But I should start from the beginning! So. to preface this: I'm not a professional, especially I can't name the fragrance notes with any certainty. But I do have a very fine nose.
The Eau pour homme was a blind purchase, already my third from Armand Basi. I also discovered the brand on vacation, must have been so 2007 or 2008.
The bottle: Goes so, lies well in the hand, only this blue plastic cladding seems rather cheap. But I do not care. The fragrance I wear all day on the body with me around, the bottle remains at home and no one looks at him.
Very fresh, tart, kind of fleeting entry that reminds me of lavender and watermelon. I think it's called "aquatic" here. A strong wake-up call in the morning, as if your perfume wants to wish you a happy start to the day. It's only in the first 20 minutes that this pungent sillage is there. Convenient: if you go out shortly after application, your clothes get a pleasant fragrance touch.
After that, the fragrance screws down significantly in strength, but remains masculine fresh. Although no soap note is in it, you smell the whole day somehow freshly washed. What I like especially well: the fragrance is composed quite round. I can - for lack of experience - not call the components all by name.
What a perfume must do for me, is here but optimally implemented: None of the ingredients pushes itself into the foreground, but they all create a new harmonious togetherness. Like a good mixed choir, in which you can hear that different voices are there, but no single one is more conspicuous than the others or even drowns them out. Especially the discreet role of the lavender, as described at the beginning, is downright masterful. Lavender and discreet? Yes, it works! I wouldn't have thought so. In addition, in tiny amounts "woody", "spicy", "powdery", "celery" - all just above the perceptual limit and you have to sniff carefully for the individual nuances. I really enjoy this.
The durability is quite excellent. The fragrance has reached its long plateau phase after 2 hours at the latest, and he lingers on the whole day. You just have to keep the minimum amount in the morning. So please dose significantly bolder than other perfumes.
I do 6 spritzes on the skin. For me, this is already very much. I do not want to make my fellow men by a Wumms fragrance cloud on me.
If you want a sillage fresh kick in between, you can 1x briefly re-spray. But that's just for fun and enjoyment of the fragrance and not necessary.
The color I associate with the fragrance is light greenish yellow. It reminds me to a small part also very very remotely of what is wafting in the air in the men's perfume department of Karstadt.... Perhaps you know what I mean by that. Some will find it awful, I, on the other hand, love it.
Overall: For me a super composition, fresh-light-unobtrusive and tart. I would recommend it for athletic men, up to about 50 years. It is something for lively types. No sweetness, no opanote, nothing biting. Office-appropriate. I love it. You call it arbitrary, maybe you're right. I call it harmonious. Online quite inexpensive to reorder, around 25 euros are very well invested.
But I should start from the beginning! So. to preface this: I'm not a professional, especially I can't name the fragrance notes with any certainty. But I do have a very fine nose.
The Eau pour homme was a blind purchase, already my third from Armand Basi. I also discovered the brand on vacation, must have been so 2007 or 2008.
The bottle: Goes so, lies well in the hand, only this blue plastic cladding seems rather cheap. But I do not care. The fragrance I wear all day on the body with me around, the bottle remains at home and no one looks at him.
Very fresh, tart, kind of fleeting entry that reminds me of lavender and watermelon. I think it's called "aquatic" here. A strong wake-up call in the morning, as if your perfume wants to wish you a happy start to the day. It's only in the first 20 minutes that this pungent sillage is there. Convenient: if you go out shortly after application, your clothes get a pleasant fragrance touch.
After that, the fragrance screws down significantly in strength, but remains masculine fresh. Although no soap note is in it, you smell the whole day somehow freshly washed. What I like especially well: the fragrance is composed quite round. I can - for lack of experience - not call the components all by name.
What a perfume must do for me, is here but optimally implemented: None of the ingredients pushes itself into the foreground, but they all create a new harmonious togetherness. Like a good mixed choir, in which you can hear that different voices are there, but no single one is more conspicuous than the others or even drowns them out. Especially the discreet role of the lavender, as described at the beginning, is downright masterful. Lavender and discreet? Yes, it works! I wouldn't have thought so. In addition, in tiny amounts "woody", "spicy", "powdery", "celery" - all just above the perceptual limit and you have to sniff carefully for the individual nuances. I really enjoy this.
The durability is quite excellent. The fragrance has reached its long plateau phase after 2 hours at the latest, and he lingers on the whole day. You just have to keep the minimum amount in the morning. So please dose significantly bolder than other perfumes.
I do 6 spritzes on the skin. For me, this is already very much. I do not want to make my fellow men by a Wumms fragrance cloud on me.
If you want a sillage fresh kick in between, you can 1x briefly re-spray. But that's just for fun and enjoyment of the fragrance and not necessary.
The color I associate with the fragrance is light greenish yellow. It reminds me to a small part also very very remotely of what is wafting in the air in the men's perfume department of Karstadt.... Perhaps you know what I mean by that. Some will find it awful, I, on the other hand, love it.
Overall: For me a super composition, fresh-light-unobtrusive and tart. I would recommend it for athletic men, up to about 50 years. It is something for lively types. No sweetness, no opanote, nothing biting. Office-appropriate. I love it. You call it arbitrary, maybe you're right. I call it harmonious. Online quite inexpensive to reorder, around 25 euros are very well invested.
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